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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1994
The ubiquitous MAC causes disseminated disease in a large proportion of patients with AIDS. It will become an increasingly important clinical pathogen as more patients survive within the context of prolonged immunodeficiency. The primary risk factor for DMAC is CD4 < 100 mm3 and thus the institution of adequate prophylaxis will significantly reduce its
D S, Rubin, J J, Rahal
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The ubiquitous MAC causes disseminated disease in a large proportion of patients with AIDS. It will become an increasingly important clinical pathogen as more patients survive within the context of prolonged immunodeficiency. The primary risk factor for DMAC is CD4 < 100 mm3 and thus the institution of adequate prophylaxis will significantly reduce its
D S, Rubin, J J, Rahal
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Strain typing of the Mycobacterium avium complex
Journal of Infection, 1999The Mycobacteriurn aviuin complex (MAC) comprises a heterogeneous group of closely related acid-fast organisms which includes M. aviurn. 1LI. intracellulare, M. avium subsp. paratuDerculosis @I. a. paratuberculosis), the agent of paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease) of ruminants, and M. lepraenruriunr, the agent of murine leprosy. Although ill.
Inglis, Neil, McFadden, Johnjoe
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Identification of Mycobacterium avium complex in sarcoidosis
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1996Cell wall-defective bacteria which later reverted to acid-fast bacilli have been isolated from sarcoid tissue. These have not been conclusively shown to be mycobacteria. Specific PCR assays were applied to identify mycobacterial nucleic acids in these cultured isolates and in fresh specimens obtained from patients with sarcoidosis.
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Pacemaker Infection with Mycobacterium Avium Complex
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 1991A 21 ‐year‐old, HIV negative, malnourished, homeless woman with congenital heart block had a pacemaker implanted at 7 years of age and multiple procedures thereafter. The most recent of these procedures was replacement of a pulse generator in the right pectoral region.
M, Amin, J, Gross, C, Andrews, S, Furman
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Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1988NOTrE FROM DR. MERLE A. SANDE The issues addressed in this AIDS Commentary are complex ones. Are organisms that constitute the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) significant pathogens in the patients infected with HIV? If they are, how should these infections in this population of patients be treated? Dr. Lowell S.
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Radiometric Quantification of Mycobacterium avium Complex
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 1998The purpose of this study was to establish a system that would allow rapid and reliable quantification of Mycobacterium avium complex infection with a method that was as sensitive as counting of colony-forming units but less time-consuming and safer in the laboratory.
C J, Haug, P, Gaustad, F, Müller
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Mycobacterium avium complex: Advances in therapy
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 1994Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is one of the most common opportunistic infections in AIDS patients and is increasingly recognized as a significant pathogen in chronic pulmonary disease in nonimmunocompromised patients. Important progress in therapy has occurred over the last several years.
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Treatment and prophylaxis of Mycobacterium avium complex
International Journal of STD & AIDS, 1996The most common pathogens involved in disseminated bacterial infection in people with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are organisms of the Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC). Azithromycin and clarithromycin, a new azalide and macrolide, respectively, are among the most potent monotherapies for MAC bacteraemia, although many ...
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1996
Abstract is a mycobacterial organism found throughout nature in water and soil. The specific strains responsible for most human disease, however, are not the most common environmental isolates, suggesting differential levels of strain virulence.
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Abstract is a mycobacterial organism found throughout nature in water and soil. The specific strains responsible for most human disease, however, are not the most common environmental isolates, suggesting differential levels of strain virulence.
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Mechanism of mycobacterium avium complex pathogenesis
Frontiers in Bioscience, 1998Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) group of microorganisms are the most common opportunistic bacterial pathogens causing disseminated disease in HIV infected patients. These microorganisms are ubiquitous in nature, and are acquired by respiratory and oral routes.
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